HBCU STEM Students' Graduate School Pathways

Overview (NSF Grant #1923229): 

 This validation survey serves as an avenue for HBCU faculty, staff and leaders who have worked with undergraduate HBCU students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to review and validate our findings from the first two phases (survey and qualitative interviews) for an NSF-grant funded research. Our team (1) examined the pathways and experiences of HBCU undergraduates who were interested in graduate school and (2) isolated for individual, institutional and cultural factors that contribute to their overall undergraduate experiences that contributed towards successful completion of graduate degrees. In Phase I, we collected survey data from HBCU undergraduate STEM degree holders. Phase II served to develop rich insights through 1:1 interviews from those who agreed to be considered as a part of the Phase I survey. Phase III, the valuation survey, aims to share the integrated results from Phases I and II with HBCU stakeholders to contribute to the community's understanding of the experiences of Black students at HBCUs including the contribution of administrators, faculty and staff towards their students' interest, eventual pursuit and completion of engineering and computing graduate degrees. 

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If you are interested in participating or have questions, please contact the principal investigator, Dr. Trina Fletcher, at trfletch@fiu.edu. If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant, you can contact the IRB office at Florida International University (FIU) at (305) 348-8311 or by email at IRB@fiu.edu.